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Can we get a thesis/summary out of this? I skimmed it and really could not find the overarching message of your post.

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based on your title you think the 5500m is going to help them out? I strongly disagree. AMD has had decent mid/low end GPUs for quite a while now. they have had APUs. they are in consoles. the 5500m is another iteration of the same master plan. I'm not sure why you expect it will be different with the 5500m. OEMs are definitely waiting for Nvidia's 7nm before launching major new platforms around it. It also appears GPP is going very well/strong behind the curtains. IMO MSI was throwing AMD a bone by announcing a single product around it . . . ACER? Lenovo? HP? Dell? literally anyone else? crickets . . . a single design win is a major sign of weakness, not strength. I am well aware we will get more design wins for the 5500m. It is a competitive GPU that will likely replace the 560x and 580 in builds, and may even get some sales over current nvidia counterparts. in the short term it will help AMD. But it is not going to create anything new IMO. Nvidia hasn't even made any announcements or price cuts or anything . . . tells you how much of a threat they consider it. Huang hasn't even insulted it or questioned AMD's execution. It's not even on their radar, and IMO it shouldn't be. Nvidia is largely competing with itself in mobile GPUs. This is not a 1650 killer, it is a 1650 competitor that is too little too late. OEMs are not going to adopt it when they already have mature platforms already offering the same performance (1650, 1660 and 1660 ti) . . .

The only advantage AMD has is maybe offering Zen (3750H) CPUs with it . . . That is the singular angle that could be important and make it more successful (and IMO what will eventually make AMD GPUs successful, along with future iterations of Navi and better resources for RTG).

Also, there is very very likely no supply shortage for 7nm wafers. puting in more orders for 3900x take time. especially if all the other dies are already allocated for other products (as im sure they are). which means AMD has the following flow timeline for new CPUs to reach market:

day1: launch productDay7: 3900x shortage

Day14: 3900X still sold out. decide to increase production of 3900x. But all other dies are already allocated. So put in more orders for Zen2 dies/wafers

day45: Zen 2 wafers from TSMC are done, do their QA/QCs and are shipped off for assembly

day60: 3900x products are packed and shipped to retailers

day67: retailers put products on shelves. built up demand keeps products sold out until supply can catch up.

Day80-90: Supply finally catches up to demand. Hopefully AMD didn't over/undershoot estimates on demand. So they don't have another over/undersupply. if they do, they get to repeate most (if not all) steps in this process.

And considering the 3900x was launched in early july. and we are now seeing it staying in stock regularly at amazon? mindfactory? about 90 days later? This is completely normal.

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-3900X-24-Thread-Processor/dp/B07SXMZLP9/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=3900x&qid=1570486531&sr=8-1

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There was no shortage of 7nm wafers. there were just supply issues with certain SKUs that needed increasing due to AMD's demand forecast being too low.

> Also motherboard vendor would have to release a bios update for the motherboard.

Yea I can't quite figure out which motherboard this laptop has. It is this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GWX5X26/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

> You would have to check the VRMs

Well I think I'd keep it at the same power draw since it is a laptop. For example, if I'm doing 100watts max CPU now, I'd do whatever to keep it at that draw, including lowering the clock speed slightly if needed.

For my scenario, cores is key, so this would def help :)

2700X

$265

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler - YD270XBGAFBOX

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B428M7F/

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-Processor-Wraith-Cooler/dp/B07B41717Z

Literally everywhere else on the page, and other stores labels it as 4.

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i3-8350K-Desktop-Processor-unlocked/dp/B0759FWJDK

Ya'll are some jumpy fuckers